We study the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands (VRPSD), which involves optimizing delivery routes for vehicles with limited capacity to serve customers whose demands are unknown when designing the routes. The routes are designed taking into account the possibility that a route may have too much demand for the capacity of a vehicle to be delivered, in that case recourse actions can be taken, inducing a cost. This problem seeks to minimize routing costs and the expected recourse costs.
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We are happy to announce that Pierre Pinet has joined our team as a CIFRE PhD student with Saint-Gobain. Pierre will work on solving routing problems under uncertainty.
Saint-Gobain Research Paris is an industrial research and development centre working for light and sustainable construction of the Saint-Gobain Group, the world leader in light and sustainable construction.
The collaboration is centered around the PhD thesis of Pierre Pinet.
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